ALA 2009 Virtual Conference

Online Registration for the 2009 Annual Virtual Conference

Attend Annual Conference from your desktop this year with the American Library Association’s (ALA) new Virtual Conference. ALA is offering 10 interactive Web sessions on Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14 at the closing of the 2009 Annual Conference in Chicago.

Interact with speakers and other attendees during each of these hour-long sessions on a variety of exciting topics. These interactive programs from ALA’s Washington Office, the Office of Intellectual Freedom and several other divisions and offices will be the next best thing to being right at the Annual Conference itself.

Featured Programs

Conversants

Explore a new way of looking at librarianship as centered on learning and enhancing the conversation of communities.

Be My Guest

Be My Guest: Customer Service from the Best.

Session Time: 9:30 am CDT/ 10:30 am EDT/ 8:30 am MDT/ 7:30 am PDT

Learn ways to make library patrons feel welcome and have a positive experience.

You Got Me, Do You Like Me?

You Got Me, Do You Like Me? Evaluating Next Generation Catalogs

Congratulations, you have acquired (or may soon acquire) a Next Generation, Web 2.0 catalog—now what? Hear from a panel of academic and public information professionals who have been evaluating their open source and off-the-shelf next-gen catalogs. Topics will include usability testing, ongoing assessment, vendor collaboration, and user expectations in the transition to next-gen products. Speakers include Cody Hanson, technology librarian, University of Minnesota; Ross Shanley-Roberts, special projects technologist, Miami University Libraries; and Eli Neiburger, associate director of IT and product development, Ann Arbor District Library. This program is co-sponsored by the RUSA MARS Local Systems and Services Committee and the LITA Next Generation Catalog User Group.

Broadband in ARRA

Overview of the Broadband Deployment and Infrastructure Development: How Libraries Can Access the $7.2 Billion

John Windhausen, Jr. is President of Telepoly Consulting, provides legal and regulatory advice to the American Library Association. From 1999 to 2004, he served as President of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services, the leading trade association representing the facilities-based Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. From 1996 to 1999 he worked as General Counsel for the Competition Policy Institute, a consumer-oriented advocacy organization promoting competition for energy and telecom services.
Mr. Windhausen served for 9 years (1987-1996) as Senior Counsel and Counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, where he helped draft the 1992 Cable Act and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He began his career at the FCC as a staff attorney from 1984-87. Mr. Windhausen graduated from Yale University and the UCLA School of Law.

Small Scale Green

Small Scale Green a LLAMA Building and Equipment Section program

Much attention has been given to sustainable construction projects for new library buildings, but there also are a variety of ways libraries can “green” existing facilities or small renovation projects. This program will include discussion of techniques used in environmentally conscious renovation and restoration projects as well as new maintenance programs being put in place in existing buildings to reduce energy consumption and improve air quality.

Naked Ladies in the Library! or Public Art in Public Libraries

Naked Ladies in the Library! or Public Art in Public Libraries: Building Lasting Alliances and Creating Social Capital

A panel of staff and the Director of the San Diego County Library will describe and discuss their ongoing public art program, and its success in partnering with a variety of diverse communities. Mural and mosaic projects have created inclusive communities with their public libraries in new relationships.

Learning to Lead

Learning to Lead

Leadership takes place at all levels and in all types of libraries, but it doesn’t just happen. Leadership is a learned skill. Participants will gain real-life lessons on learning to lead; hear varying viewpoints on leadership training and receive valuable resources and materials for learning to lead.

Forever Green

Forever Green: Updating Fundraising Basics for Growth and Sustainability a LLAMA Fundraising and Financial Development Section program

Refreshing your fundraising basics can lead to unexpected successes. Panelist will illustrate this concept and provide practical tips that are relevant for all types of libraries on topics such as donor cultivation, fads vs. trends (e.g. fundraising for "green libraries"), e-philanthropy, grants and building a fundraising team.

Speakers: Sam T Huang, University of Florida; Amy Sollins, Friends of the San Francisco Library; David Baker, Giving Design GroupAsk

Active Shooter in the Library!

Active Shooter in the Library! a LLAMA Library Organization and Management Section program

Ask attendees to imagine being caught in an active shooter scenario, walk the audience through surviving an attack, and provides resources for safety training. Featuring the film, "Shots Fired!" When Lightening Strikes, " attendees will learn to recognize red flag indicators in the workplace, the survival mindset, courses of action during an incident, and actions to take when law enforcement responds. A panel of university, urban and suburban law enforcement officers offers advice and preventative measures.

Registration

The Virtual Conference is perfect for those who couldn’t make it to Chicago this year or for Conference attendees who missed sessions due to busy or conflicting schedules.

All full registrants to the ALA Conference will have access to these sessions after the conference. Those not attending Conference in-person can register for the Virtual Conference online through the ALA Web site. The cost is $215 for ALA members, $210 for division members, $120 for student members, $145 for retired members, $298 for non-members and $215 for institutional members.